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Explanation Of Solubility Research

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What is solubility? Solubility is a chemical property referring to the ability for a given substance, the solute, to dissolve in a solvent. (Science Daily, 2014) Solubility occurs around people throughout their everyday life, and is exemplified through their food and drinks, and even the air that surrounds them. Solubility is a complex idea that can be understood in a simpler form, i.e., having hot coffee and adding sugar to it. It appears that the hot coffee melts the salt, but deeper beyond the surface the hot coffee molecules break apart the sugar molecules; the molecules are broken down, because of the increase in temperature that causes the molecules to collide harder. The collision is caused by the faster, vibrating molecules in the solution.
The solute (salt) is the substance that dissolves in the solvent (water) and it depends on a few things: temperature, volume, type of solvent and concentration. The solubility of most salts can be found on a solubility curve and it expresses the …show more content…

The second law of thermodynamics is a general principle that expresses how some solutes dissolve in decreased temperatures, because it places constraints upon the direction of heat transfer and the attainable efficiencies of heat engines (R Nave). In other words, “in all energy exchanges if no energy enters or leaves the system, the potential energy of the state will always be less than that of the initial state.” (Farabee, 2010) The second law is commonly known as the law of increased entropy, a measure of unusable energy within a closed or isolated system and it is a system of chaos. (All about science, 2002) The kinetic energy of the solution increases with the temperature and it allows the particles to slide between each other; It can be understood by imagining a vibrating molecule engulfing a regular molecule and breaking it

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